"John J. LeMay Jr." <jlemay@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> Looks like this is a gtk+ thing, but I'm no developer and I can't imagine I'm
> the only one here that used to chmod 4755 after installing Ethereal so that I
> could run it as a normal user.
It is a gtk+ thing.
>From the FAQ (http://www.gtk.org/faq/#AEN391)
4.2. How do I write security sensitive/SUID/SGID programs with
GTK+? Is GTK+ secure? What's this GTK_MODULES security hole I
heard about? How do I write security sensitive/SUID/SGID
programs with GTK+? Is GTK+ secure? What's this GTK_MODULES
security hole I heard about? The short answer to this question
is: Don't write SUID/SGID programs with GTK+ For a more
thorough explanation of the GTK+ Developers position on this
issue see http://www.gtk.org/setuid.html.
> Does anyone have a workaround simple enough for someone like me to use? I
> really don't want to su everytime I want to sniff a bit.
Use gtk+-1.2.8 which doesn't make the su check.
> thanks!
>
> John LeMay Jr.
> Senior Enterprise Consultant
> NJMC, LLC.
>
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